Responsibility for automotive batteries and accumulators

Local authorities may choose to collect automotive batteries and accumulators. Collected automotive batteries are delivered either to an environmentally approved recycling company or to a reception site for automotive batteries established under the producer responsibility scheme. The collective scheme of Returbat has specialized in producer responsibility for automotive batteries.

Municipal tasks associated with automotive batteries:

• Establishment of collection schemes for automotive batteries.
• Establishment of regulations for collection of automotive batteries.
• Assignment of companies for disposal of automotive batteries.
• Supervision of delivery of automotive batteries to approved reprocessors of waste batteries.
• Supervision of correct management and treatment of waste automotive batteries.